No Rain in the Amazon
How South America's Climate Change Affects the Entire Planet
(Sprache: Englisch)
South of the equator lies the key to the planet's health the Amazon rainforest. Drawing on unique access to South American leaders, Kozloff argues that cooperation between the world's countries is vital in turning the tide of climate change and the planet's...
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South of the equator lies the key to the planet's health the Amazon rainforest. Drawing on unique access to South American leaders, Kozloff argues that cooperation between the world's countries is vital in turning the tide of climate change and the planet's fate depends on our response to environmental issues of the southern hemisphere.
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South of the equator lies the key to the planet's health - the Amazon rainforest. Experts estimate that the Amazon produces a shocking twenty percent of the planet's oxygen, but global warming is already causing widespread destruction. While the glaciers slowly melt in the Arctic, scientists predict those in the Andes will entirely melt by 2015. The El Niño weather patterns and hurricanes that played havoc with the southeast of the United States for the last several years have tormented both coasts of South America for several decades. Recognized South America expert, Nikolas Kozloff guides the reader through the politics and science of a continent in peril, showing how its problems are a microcosm of the environmental ravages occuring the world over. Drawing on his unique access to South American leaders, Kozloff argues that cooperation between the world's countries is vital in turning back the tide of climate change, and that the fate of the planet is depends on our response toenvironmental problems of the southern hemisphere. A South America expert guides the reader through the politics and science of a continent in peril and shows how its problems are a microcosm of the world's environmental ravages
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „No Rain in the Amazon “
IntroductionThe World's 'Tropical Glaciers'
Wrathful El Niño
'Peru's JFK'
Jungle Town of Iquitos
Hurricane in the South Atlantic
From Iquitos to Manaus
Soylandia
President Lula Grapples with the Amazon
Conclusion
Autoren-Porträt von Nikolas Kozloff
Nikolas Kozloff
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Nikolas Kozloff
- 2010, 245 Seiten, Maße: 16,8 x 24,2 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Macmillan Education
- ISBN-10: 0230614760
- ISBN-13: 9780230614765
Sprache:
Englisch
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"A solid contribution to the growing canon of work on global climate change -- from an unconventional and essential perspective... Recommended." --"CHOICE""Much of the global warming attention has been focused on the high north, but this valuable book reminds us not to forget, even for a second, the contribution the rainforest plays to keeping our planet habitable--and the fears that it may soon reverse that role, with disastrous consequences." --Bill McKibben, author of "Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, " and the National Bestseller "Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future"
""No Rain in the Amazon" is an urgent call to action, providing convincing evidence on how much is at stake in safeguarding the Amazon for the entire planet. Chronicling the work of social movements and scientists towards finding solutions, this is a critically important book for anyone who cares about tackling climate change."--Atossa Soltani, Founder & Executive Director, Amazon Watch
"Nikolas Kozloff has issued a Code Red alert from the pulmonary system of the planet. This meticulously researched and urgently written book documents the perilous condition of Amazonia and by extension the tenuous fate of life on Earth as we know it. Kozloff pinpoints the manifold forces, economic and political, driving the senseless destruction of the world's greatest rainforest and its indigenous cultures and ecosystems. He vividly and convincingly links the deforestation of the Amazon to the impending prospect of runaway climate change. Time is running out. Kozloff has done his job.""Now it's up to us to intervene. Read it, absorb it, act on it." "-- "Jeffrey St. Clair, author" Born Under a Bad Sky, "co-editor of" CounterPunch"
"If you care about the future of our world--the health of our planet, the legacy we leave our children--I urge you to read "No Rain in the Amazon." Compellingly readable, it's an intriguing, jolting, authoritative account of one of the greate
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